my onely worldes happines referring onely to the care of your kindnes in the faith of true affection I rest Yours auowed and assured R. N. A letter to a friend to borrow a piece of mony SIr as nothing more trieth a friend then calamitie so is there nothing more grieuous then to bee beholding In kindnes therefore if I maye become your debtor for fiue pounds it is not much yet will it pleasure me more then a little your appointed day I will not breake with you and wherein I may thankfully require you you shall find no forgetfulnes of your kindnes but time is precious and therefore entreating your speedie answere in hope of no deniall I rest Your assured friend to command T. W. The Aunswere I Would be as glad to pleasure you as any man but truth cannot be blamed for more then for my necessary vse that I cannot spate I am not presently furnished I praye you therefore take not a deniall vnkindly for iâ— my credit will pleasure you I will not faile my best to doe you good if otherwise you would vrge mee it will â—â—e to little purpose and therefore sory that I am not in tune to satisfie your expectation I must leaue patience to your kind discretion which as you know me shall commaund me for I am and will bee to the vttermost of my power You re assured friend D. S. To my best beloued Cosen mistrisse H.C. at her house in pe Chest. MY good Cousen I remember at my last being with you wee had some conference aboute consideration beleeue me when I consider the worlde and what I haue seene in it and the best things of it and that all if it effect is as nothing or rather worse if any thinge at all I wonder howe men who haue so much iudgement of good froÌ„ euill will shewe so little vnderstanding of good in following of euil how can those meÌ„ that know the in certaine time of death liue as though they thought neuer to die hâ—we can hee that readeth or heareth the word of god and beleeueth the truth of it bee so carelesse of it and so disobedient to it will men bee sicke that may bee whole â—or dye that may liue what shall I say but as Paule saide to the Corinthians O yee foolish people who hath bewitched yee it is the worde of God that transgression is as the sinne of witch-crafte and surely if men were not bewitched with sinne they could not so delight in wickednesse being the crosse and barre to all their happines coulde the theefe consider the doome of the lawe or the miserie of the dispoyled surely hee would not steale if the adulterer did consider the filthines of his action and the shame of his folly surelye hee would turne honest if the murtherer did consider the horror of death and the terror of sinne hee woulde neuer kill In briefe if any sinner woulde looke into the foule nature of sinne hee woulde bee out of loue with it and if â—ee did consider the power of Gods wrath hee woulde bee afraide of it Nay could or would man consider the goodnes of God towards him in commaunding and forbidding nothing but that which is good for him howe could hee bee so forgetfull of his owne good in offending the Author of all goodnesse If the vnthrifâ— coulde consider the misery of wanâ— sure he would not be carelesse of his estaâ—e if the couetous coulde consider the misery of the poor he would be more charitable if the Swaggerer could consider the comelines of sobriety and the shame of immodesty surely hee would be more ciuill If the magistrate did consider the misery of the poore he woulde not be so careles of their torment put them to such sorrow but remember that iustice without mercie is to neere a tuch of Tiraâ—ny If the offendant did consider the griefe and shame of punishment he would containe himselfe within the compasse of a better course If â—ee that preacheth the worde and followeth it not could consider the heauinesse of Gods iudgemente and the shame of his folly hee woulde doubtlesse bee more carefull of his soul and more kinde to his flock If the lawyer could consider the lawe of god hee would neuer grieue his clyent nor speake against a knowne truth but as I saide before to leaue tediousnesse it is the onely lack of consideration that maketh the heedlesse will of man to runne the waye of error to the ruine of his beste comforte and therefore entreat you notwithstanding my allowance of your iudgement touching the heauenly prouidence and power in the motion of al good actions yet so to allow of my opinion touching consideration that it is a great and one of the greatest causes of the confusion of reason by the corruption of nature and knowing that the care of your consideration is such as doth and may wel giue example to the most expert to follow the rules of your directions in the whole course of your life wishing my selfe so happie as to enioy the company of so good a friend till I see you and euer I rest in fast setled affection Your very louing friend N. V. To my sweet loue mistris E. P. SWeet Loue if absence could breed forgetfulnesse then fortune should doe much harme to affection but when the eye of the mind looketh into the ioye of the hearte the sentence may well be spoken As in silence you may heare me so in absence you may see me for loue is not an hours humour nor a shadowe of light but it is a light of the spirit and a continuing passion thinke not therfore I do or can forget thee or loue my sefe but for thee shortly I hope to see thee and in the meane time though not with thee yet not from thee nor well at rest with my selfe til I may reste only with thee I rest alwaies to rest Thine onely and all â— VV. Her Aunswere MY deare if delayes were not a death to loue excuse were currant in the construction of kingdomes but sentences are better spoken then vnderstood and a pleasing presence is better then an excused absence remembrance is good but possession better and loue holdeth memorie but a kind of melancholie Let your selfe therefore be your messenger rather of your loue then your letters least fortune in a mad fit be a crosse to your best comforte not in respect of my constancy but my parents vnkindnesse This is all I will write at this time but wishing a happie time to the beginning of a neuer ending I rest til that time and at all times on the same Yours as you know E. P. An old mans letter to a young widdow VVIddow I haue neither a smooth face nor a filed tongue to cheate your eies nor abuse your eares withall but a true hearte and a constant minde that doth inwardly loue you and will nâ—uer deceiue you fickle heads and vnbrideled wills know not wher nor how to bestow themselues when their
wits goe a woolgathering among shrewes that haue bad â—â—eâ—ces they may be kind but not constant and loue loues no out-lookers besides light heads haue no staied heeles and a little wealth soone spent who knoweth the woe of want can tell you the difference betwixt an old mans darling and a young mans warling Why how can they loue that scarce know how to like I know you haue manie suters of worth but none that I thinke worthy for none can loue you so much nor esteeme you so well for I haue knowne the world and care not for it nor for any thing but you If therefore all I haue may please you and my selfe to loue and honour you make my comfort your contentment and I will seeke no other paradise in this world Thus hoping that reason in your fauour wil effect the hope of my affection leauing to your selfe to be youre selfe I rest Yours or not his owne T.P. SIr if I could euer see yoâ— but in a Letter I should delight much in your presence but contraries are not correspondeÌ„t a grâ—y bâ—ad and a greene minde fit not your perswasions were forcible were not your selfe of too much weaknesse but though for your good will I thank you yet for nothing will I be indebted to you not for a world would I be troubled with you for as your yeeres so I feare our fancies will be different and then patience mouing choller may breed discontentment when to be an old mans dâ—rling is a kind of curse to nature you say wel who can loue that knowes not howe to like and the seâ—ces vncapable of their comfort what is imagination but a dreame a blind man can iudge no colours a deafe man hath no skill in musique a dumb man no eloquence and an old man little feeling in loues passionâ— for my sutors they sute my time and serue their owne and for their worth I shal iudge of the most worthy nowe for their wittes if they lose not their own fleeces let them gather wool where they can but for your loue I will not venture on it least beeing too old it be not sweet and for my youÌ„g sutors I hope I shal take heed of shadowed sourenesse and for fortune while vertue gouernes affection I will not feare my felicitie so hoping your own reason wil perswade you to haue patience with your passion and leaue mee to my better comfort meaning to be as you wish me my selfe none other I rest Not yours if mine owne P. M. A letter of a young man to his sweet heart MY loue if I could haue as good passage as my Letters I would bee a better messenger of my thoughts then my words can expresse but as the secret of my hearte is sealed vp in my letter so is the secret of my loue sealed vp in my heart which none can see but your eies nor shal knowe but your kindnesse Let me not then languish in the lingring hope of my desires but hasten my comforte in the onely answere of your content you know the houre of the first meeeting of our fantasies the true continuance of our irremoueable affections and why will you not appoint the conclusion of our comforte Triall cannot let you doubte my loue and loue will bee sworn for the securitie of my truth both which thus far plead for me in your fauour giue truth the reward of triall and loue the regard of truth and desire not the sentence of iustice to let me liue or die in your iudgemente for imprisoned I am in youre beauty bound in 〈◊〉 â—ands of your seruice and liue but in the hope of your fauour in which I rest euer and only to rest happie in this world Yours though not yours R. E. An answere to this letter MY sweet I rather wishe your self theÌ„ your letter though in the hast of your desire your presence had bene to little purpose for deeds are in a good way that are subscribed and sealed but till the deliuery be made the matter is not fully finished haue therfore patience for a time for it is soon enough that is wel enough and yet I confesse in kindnes delaie is little comfort yet stay for a faire day though it be almost at noon be perswaded of my affection and let faith feare no fortune for loue can be no changeling and so imagine of my selfe when you offend I will punish you and when you â—oe please I wil praâ—se you so assuring truth beliefe and loue comfort I rest so soon as I wel may to giue the reason of your best rest and till then and â—uer wil rest Yours as I may M. I. A merry letter of newes to a friend RIght Troiâ—â— I know thou louest no complement nor carest for anie trickes but as a good fellowe and a friende wouldeâ—t heaâ—e how the world goeth with al the world I am not acquainted with and therefore I know not what to say to it but for the little part of it the pettie place or parish where I dwel and some few miles aboute it I will tel you there is a fall of Connies for there is such a world of them euery day in the market that except they be youÌ„g and fat there is little mony bidden for them â—ackenie Iades are â—â—arce worth theire meat and euerie house hath such a dog that not a begger â—are come neere a door and not a mouse at a cheese but a catte is at her heeles Maide-marion of late was got with child in her sleep and the Hobby-horse was halfe mad that the fool should be the father of it a great talke there is of setting vp of a newe â—auerne but Tobacco is the thing that will vent the old sack there is spoken so much gibbâ—ng that wee haue almoste forgot our mother tongue for euery boy in our schoole hath latine at his fingâ—s ends marrie t is in a book for all his wit is in his copie for in capite he hath little our free school is nâ—w painted with wisdome ouer the gate for within excepte some vnhappie wag there is no more wit then is necessarie uowe for other newes I will tel you wet weather frights vs with a hard harâ—est and vsurers are halfe mad for lack of vâ—terance of theire monie Lawe was neuer more in vse nor men more out of monie for woemen they are strange creatures for some of them haue three faces and so fine in proud paces that if they carry it as they doe they wil put manie men out of countenance for other ordinarie matters they are as you lefte them a pot of ale to worth a pennie a Bawd will haue braue cloathes the man in the moone is aboue the cloudes and the knaue of Clubbes will stil make one in the stocke other things there are that I am shortly to acquaint you with in the meane time write vnto me how thou doest and how the minde blows on your side and so sorrie I haue no good
out contrary to expectation you shall therefore doe well before you trouble any of them in it to make sure of the matter in such sort as may be best for your profit for the sute being effected to good purpose leaue to me to deal in it to your conteÌ„t ther is much muttering that you are like to be crossed in it I would therefore wish you to trie your strength in it not to slip time for it is pretious in a good course bear with me I beseech you if I moue your patience in vrging your speed for it is for your owne good against your comming to town I will haue some what else for you to set on foote for he that wil work must not haue the fire without an yron but not knowing your businesse I will forbear at this time to trouble you with idle newes and only praying for your health and harts ease coÌ„mit the consideration of your owne causes to the mannaging of your good discretion so humbly take my leaue for this time and rest alwaies Your Worships humble seruant I. T. To my assured louing friend T. B. with speed NOne paiment of debts is not onely a crack in credit but a losse of friends vpon your letter I furnished your want and fortune hauing bene your friend a large conscience mee thinketh doth not wel your excuse I yet know not noâ— can wel deuise it but acquaint me with it that I may not wrong your disposition for a seeled affection expecteth the like measure in kindnes the mony you had of me is not much but if it haue done you pleasure I am glad of it and if you can well spare it by this bearer I pray you returne it or the cause why you detaine it I haue lately bought sheepe to store a pasture that I haue taken to farme and my mony being short I am boulâ— to write to you for mine owne which if it come shall be welcome if not so that I know how it may steed you I will forbear it and for the conference betwixt your sonne and my daughter I think they are more ready for vs then wee for them youre mind I know and am contented with it for as I see their proceedings we will soone fall vpon agreement and to be plaine with you I think I were best rather to prouide you more mony then demand any more that you haue and therefore making your excuse in this onelie point of affection intreating pardon for my plaine manner of writing assuring you that if this matter goe forward as it is no other like as their loâ—es so shal our purses be one and thus hoping of your health as mine owne with commendations to youre kind sonne youre selfe and your good Shrew I commit you to the Almighty Caunterbury this fourth of August 1604. Your very louing friend N.T. To a Iudge in the behalfe of an offender MY good Lord your honourable care of Iustice I hope is seasoned with the charitable weight of mercy for though the law cutteth off offence by sharpe punishment yet death takes away repentance and where there is sorrow ther is signe of grace the best Iudge of true Iustice Christe Iesus pardoned the great sinner and with the gentle rebuke of sin no more called her to great grace now shall Iustice vpon the first fact vse an other course vpon an offender I knowe it is your oath to doe iustice yet may you giue time of repentance in reprieuing this poore man whose pardon will bee easily attained Your honor shall doe a good deede God in imitating his course in iustice will surely regard and reward you the penitent offender shall be bound euer to pray for you my selfe with all his friends will truly honor you and no doubt but our King who is full of mercie when his Maiestie shall heare of it will commeâ—d you beseeching therefore your honour to stay the sentence of his death vntill the next Aâ—â—ise or to graunt him a reprieue til the said time leauing the poore mans life to a word of your mouth with my humble and bounden seruice to your hoâ—orable commandemeÌ„t in prayer for your good health and all other happinesse I humbly take my leaue Your honors in all humblenes D. H. A Letter of complements To my very good friend master H. W. at his house in Kelton SYr if I could haue let passe so fit a messenger without some thankful remembrance I were vnworthy of so good a frieÌ„d but your kindnesse being such as wil euer worke in a good mind I praie you let me salute you with this little tokeÌ„ of my loue The runlet is of sucâ— sacke as Bristowe hath no better and the suger-lofe for your good Lady I assure you is right Barbary which at this time is bere of some price but vpon the câ—â—sing of the troubles there I hope we shall haue it cheape here in the meane time howsoeuer it be what you neede command in that or what else may bee in my power to accomplish and so wishing I were with you at the killing of one of your fat Buckâ— with my heartie commendations to your selfe and your good bedfellow manie thanks to you both foâ— my great good cheare and most kind entertainment hoping to see you at my house at your comming to towne where you shall make your owne welcome I commit you to the almightie London this xx of Iulie 1604. Your very louing and assured friend C. R. To his assured friend master Tho. Rise at his house in the Strand AGainst this time of my atteÌ„dance vpon the Iudge of this circuit I shall haue occasion to vse manie things whereof I am now vnfurnished your skill in chusing the best and knowing the prices I know long since by your kindnesse in the like trouble and therefore entreate you once more to take a little paines with this bearer my seruant in helping him in the laying out of his monie vpon such parcels as in my note for mine vse I haue set down your trauel nor kindnes shall not be vnthankfullie forgotten and wherin I may in this countrie or elsewhere pleasure you you shall not faile of my best meanes If you haue anie newes I praie you acquaint me with them and if the shippers be come from the Indies what good successe they haue had but some earnest businesse makes me briefer then I otherwise would be and therfore hoping of your health and not doubting of your kindnesse with heartie commendations I commit you to the Almightie Salop this twelfth of Iune 1606. Your assured friend T. M. To his very good friend Master S. B. at his house in Ferill SYr where you wrote vnto me touching the Sale of your Lorshippe of Bar I cannot answer you for two causes the one of price is too high the other your hast of monie is too great for touching your price the land you know is much impaired since the death of your father the woods are
shall I say who vp-holdes the state of a Citty or the honour of a state vnder the King but the Merchant who beautifieth a Court with Iewels and outward ornaments but the trauaile of the merchant who be autifies the Gardens with sundry sorts of fruites and flowers but the trauailing merchant he may well bee called the merchant the Sea-singer or the maker of the Sea to sing the Sea-singer when hee hath faire winde and good weather and maketh the Sea to sing when shee sees the goodlie houses that floate vpon her waues and cast anchor in her Sands But let me leaue the Sea and come to the land consider of the sweet and ciuill manâ—er of their liues whose houses more neat whose wiues more modest whose apparrell more comely whose diet more daintie whose cariage more commendable valiant without quarrels merry without madnesse bountifull in their gifts and coy in all their banquets whose children are better nurtured whose seruants better gouerned whose house better stuffed and maintained Furthermore what comforte haue the distressed found beyond the Seas and howe many poore doe they relieue at home what Colledges what Hospitals what almes houses haue they builded and in effect what Citties haue they enlarged and what Countries haue they enritched how fewe Lawyers can say so if that be al true which much more might be said in their honor giue them their right say the Merchant is a royall fellow and goe forwardes with your intent if you will euer haue your sonne see any thing know any thing doe any thing or bee worth any thing put him to a Merchant and giue with him such a portion as out of his yeeres may set vp his trade or trafficke doubte not hee will doe well and think not he can almost do better so beseeching God to bles him in al his courses without which wil be worse then nothing I pray you doe as I wish you charge him to serue God and so turne him to the world and thus hauing truely written you my opinion touching your purpose wishing health and honour and all happinesse to all worthy true Merchants in hope of your health I commit you to the Almighty London this twentieth of August 1604. Your very louing cosen N. B. A Letter of Loue to a most sweet and wise creature SWeet were that spirit that by the instinct of loue doth vnderstand the silence of truth whose tongue is his hearte and whose worâ—es are sighes in which are hidden those secret fruites of comfort that onely growe in the grounde of your grace Uouchsafe therefore fair sweete with the sunne-bright eyes of youre beauty to cast one looke vpon the rude Lynes of this poore Letter which if it haue beene so vnhappye as to moue your displeasure let the fire bee the reward of his presumption but if through the fauor of the faults or the vertue of your gratious pittie it hath beene worthy the reading let mee be metamorphosed to worse then nothing if I desire to be any other thing then that may pleese you in all ceremonies and circumstances or in affection and therefore leauing my seruice to your commaund and my loue to the life of your fauour wishing to die like the Phenix to receiue in the beames of your beautie I rest full of vnrest til I may fullie rest Yours as you may of you will R. E. The Ladies answere WIse were that hearte which could pierce into the conceit of that spirite which with the art of loue seeketh to inchaunt the trust of simplicity which for not suspecting of euill-falls vpon the point of much miserie Oh poor truth how art thou made a vaile or couer for decet when vnder the shadow of paradise is sought the waie to hell Oh cursed trees that carry such fruite but not to wrong any creature Happy may that hearte liue which in faith onely seekes his felicitie and pardoned be that paper that doth but his dutye Let then all sighs be drowned in the deepth of obliuion while Silence vnderstandeth that Vertue speaketh Nowe for the nest of the Phenix if you can clime so high carrie awaie neuer a feather with you then it is but a fiction or vertue vnhappie but to waite the issue of honors hope to the blisse of vertues fauour I rest when I further vnderstand you as I thinke good to answere you and till then and alwaies rest Yours as falls as I well may A.B. A replie to the aunswere VNworthie were that minde of the thought of loue which could giue place to the treason of betraying of trust and more then miserable were that life that towards hell could make such a passage Oh Angel-like creature thinke not the world the habitation onely of the accursed nor do wrong to loue in suspition of truth You saie happie be that life that seeks happinesse in faithfulnesse but what doe you say to loue A simple conceit cannot descend into suspition and the thought of deceite is hatefull to loue Bee not then incredulous where loue is vertuous and for the fiction of the Phenix make the substance true in your selfe whose least thougte of fauour shall be worth all the feathers of the fairest bird that flieth So reposing hopes comfort on the honoure of your kindnes beseâ—ching you to vnderstand nothing of mee more then all yours I reste in that onely rest euer to rest Yours onely and all E. A. An Answere to the same VNhappie be that soule which in suspicion of truth should wrong the vertue of loue and blessed bee that heart which in hate of treason makes faith his felicitie Silence is a language that conceit is onely acquainted with and gentle is that warre which giues no deadly wound feare not then the paine that a breath will blow awaie when the hope of comfort wil cure the disease but what need more figures flie the waie to hell and finde the way to heauen Let thy heart goe with thy tong and the Eccho wil giue a happy sound Till when not doubting the diuine nature of loue to be free from the diuelish poison of deceit I rest as I find reason Yours in aâ—fection though not assuring M. I To his deerest fairest and worthiest of loue honour and seruice Mistris E. T. IF I should commend you aboue the Moone and compare you with the Sunne you would put me in the cloudes for a flatterer but knowing your owne worth and finding the substance of my truth you cannot blame in admiration to speake truth of your perfection which of what power it is in drawing the seruice of reason if you would beleeue loue would quicklie tell you but the course of inconstancie in the vnwise breedeth distrust of truth in the most faithfull but all birds are not of one feather nor all men of one mind In briefe not to make a long haruest of a little torne which being ripe woulde be gathered in good time let truth be my spokes-man and beleefe my comfort the hope whereof as
thing to send thee with the loue of my heart I commit thee to the almighty Thine to the end M.R. An Answere THou mad villain what hath walke aboute thy braines to put thy wits in such atemper a tale of a tubbe and the bottome out well to quite your kindnes you shall knowe somewhat of our world So it is that the Foxe hath made a hand with most of our fat Geese the Woolfe meetes with our Lambes before they can welgoe from the damme and the water-rat hath so spoiled our sish-pools that if hee had not beene caught with a trap we might haue gone to y e Sea for a red herring Our Baâ—â—â—ffes Bul runnes through all the Rie in our parish and the Tanners dogge hath worried a wild Sow The Bailâ—ffe of our hundreth takes vpon him like a Iustice since the newe Alehouse was set vp the coâ—stable is much troubled but though oates be rank and rye bee ripe wheat is but thinne and Barlie short good fellowship goes down the wind and yet wenches are righte bred our Piper is falne sicke of an Ale surfet and olde â—uddle got a blowe at midnighte that makes him straddle all day Parnell shall haue her sweet heart in spight of Tom. Tinker and there is wâ—ndring in the towne that thou art not in the gaole before the Sessions but be thou ofâ— good chear there is time enough for a good turne and come when thou wilt thou shalte make thine owne welcome Oh mad staue let me be merry w t thee a little for thou knowest I loue thee thy Gransire is going to his graue and hath bequeathed thee a knaues portion the Bel hath gone for him but so soon as he is past I wil seÌ„d thee word in post that for griefe of his death thou maist drinke to all christen soules thy sister is where she was and sweares thou arte honester then thy father I will say no more but thou haste friends that thou knowest not and therefore come when thou wilt we will haue a health ere we part and so in hast farewell Thine to the proofe R. S. To a young man going to trauell beyond the Sea GOod Cousen I finde by your last letter your present intent to trauell I pray God it fall out for your good for though in respect of your yeares your bodie bee in good state to indure some hardnesse yet there is difference in the natures of countries both in the ayr and the diet but aboue these things there are many things to be observed that negligently regarded may be greatlie to your hurt as first for your religion haue a great care that your eies lead not your heart after the horror of Idolatry serue God sincerely not fondlie not in shewe but in truth of zeale and for all your comfort in all your course that you trust in him and none else now secondlie for your carkasse take heed of too much following the feminine set and praie for continencie it is a blessed vertue I speake not this for the common or base sort for I hope your spirit is too high to stoupe to such game but as the Sirenes whose faces are bewitching obiects and whose voices as Inchanting musique if these be in the waie of your eare or your eye hast you from them least too late you find it too true that you will hardly scape drowning when you are ouer head and eares such weeds will hang on your heeles as will so hinder youre swimming y t you will hardly ouercome it in health if you hap to scape with your life furthermore if you meete with some chast Penilasse whose beautie walks eâ—eÌ„ with her vertue let not a chast eie in her beget an vnchast thought in you I speak not this in feare of anie thinge but your youth yeâ— though I know you wel disposed in many waies I doubte you are not righte in all this being a thing that I know moste necessarie I thoughte in my loue to giue youâ—punc a note of nowe for your purse let it be priuate to your owne knowledge least it be an occasion of your vnhappinesse and breede you more partakers then for your profit Now for your tongue let it follow your wit and typpe it with truth that it may abide al â—utch and for your diet let it be sparing for better leaue with an appetite then goe to Phisick for a surfet now for your conuersation chuse the wise and rather heare them then trouble them and against all fortunes take patience in all your passage so seruing God and obseruing the word no doubt but you shall make a benefit of your voyage and I shall be ioyfull of your returne and thus loath to tier you with a long tale when I knowe in a little you wil vnderstand much in praier for your good successe and saâ—e returne I commit you to the Almighty Your affectionate kinesman and assured friend N.B. To his friend G.T. in his time of sicknesse and sorrow for a great misfortune DEare George knowing the cause though not the condition of thy sicknesse I am bold a little to aduise thee for the better recouerie of thy health Thou knowest that there is nothing passeth neither vnder nor aboue the heauens but either by the direction or permission of the wisedome of the Almightie ther is no day but hath his night no ElemeÌ„t but hath his contrarie nor comfort on the earth without a cros thou art sorry to see the cruelty of fortune but turne thine eies to a better light and thou shalt see it a trial of Gods loue for if nature bee accursed for sin thou must finde it in this world or another and the second death is worse then the first If sicknes makeÌ„ thee feel the hand of God shall not patience make thee trie his mercy and health make thee know his loue if losses make thee poore wert thou not beteer with patience be Gods begger then in pride the worlds king grieue not then at thy fortune but liue by thy faith â—e rather Iob then a Saul for there is no spurning against so sharpe a pricke as Gods purpose I am sorry for thy sicknesse but more for the cause for to mourn to no end is meeâ—e folly and a piâ—ing sicknesse is a signe of more passion then patience Christ suffered for thee suffer thou for thy selfe lay away thy too much melancholy for sighing is womanish and weeping is babish be wise therfore for thy selfe and be good to thy sefe pluck vp thy spirits and put thy selfe onelie vppon God liue not like a dead man but die like a liuing man let not fortune be a messenger of death nor impatience a preiudice to thy health take thy horse and ride ouer to me and take the time as it falls if faire the fewer clothes if foule take a cloak but deferre nâ—t the time for thought pearceth apace for the mind there is no phisick but patience and mirth bring the first with